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After the FAA issued safety rules in 2007 for using lithium-ion batteries on Boeing 787s, an industry group called for stricter testing to prevent battery fires on aircraft. But Boeing and FAA officials decided that mandating the tougher standards would disrupt years of joint safety work and unfairly delay Dreamliner production.

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The housing recovery is starting to show up in corporate results, with sales improving for products ranging from power tools to furniture.

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Barnes & Noble expects to close as many as a third of its retail stores over the next decade, the bookseller's top store executive said.

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Fisker Automotive is in talks with several potential bidders as it accelerates a search for buyers and investors so it can keep operating.

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Egypt's Morsi imposed emergency law in three cities. The president's move came after rioting against his rule in Suez, Port Said and Ismailia killed about 50 people. The law hands police broad powers to investigate, arrest and detain suspects indefinitely without charge. Morsi also called for talks with the opposition. Opposition to the emergency law was a main cause of the revolution that ousted Mubarak nearly two years ago.

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A bipartisan Senate group is set to unveil a framework under which millions of illegal immigrants would be given a path to citizenship.